From: Rev2Share.com <admin@rev2share.com>
Reply-To: admin@rev2share.com
Date: 29 October 2010 05:24
Subject: Welcome to Rev2Share.com!
Dear member,
Welcome to Rev2Share.com!
We are pleased that you have decided to join our fast growing community.
You can now login to your account at:
http://www.rev2share.com/login.php
Your Username: 0000_000
Your Password: 0000000
We hope you have a great time at Rev2Share.com.
Administrator
Rev2Share.com
It's not a Joe Job as such, the email originates from 174.122.225.73 which is the same server that Rev2Share.com is hosted on along with a bunch of shabby MLM sites. The domain was registered just days ago, the WHOIS details seem to be accurate:
Domain name: rev2share.com
Registrant Contact:
Dustin Langley ()
Fax:
105 southpark circle
gallatin, TN 37066
US
Administrative Contact:
Dustin Langley (dustin.langley@gmail.com)
+1.615347925
Fax:
105 southpark circle
gallatin, TN 37066
US
Technical Contact:
Dustin Langley (dustin.langley@gmail.com)
+1.615347925
Fax:
105 southpark circle
gallatin, TN 37066
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
ns1.hostingmmt.com
ns2.hostingmmt.com
Creation date: 25 Oct 2010 16:18:00
Expiration date: 25 Oct 2011 11:18:00
The physical address checks out, it would be highly unusual for a deliberate scammer to post their real address (even if most MLMs do turn out to be scams in the end). So it does appear that a third party is involved, using Rev2Share.com's own systems to generate fake signups, either to shut the site down or to game the system for personal profit.
It is probably no coincidence that both Rev2Share.com (hosted on 174.122.225.73) and MySuperShares.com (174.122.14.227) have an almost identical business model that claims to be selling advertising (only on their own sites) but in fact concentrates on getting signups to generate a download instead. When you see a very thin product offering like this with an emphasis on recruiting other people, then that it usually a bad sign.. best to avoid it altogether in my opinion.
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